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United States Patent | 5,144,481 |
Pettito, Sr. | September 1, 1992 |
A submerged meter reading apparatus for enabling a human user to visually read a meter submerged in water or the like, having an elongated tubular body member with a sidewall defining an interior chamber, an upper end constructed to allow a user to look into the interior chamber, a lower end sealed with a transparent cap for positioning adjacent a submerged meter to be read therewith, a magnifying lens positioned in the interior chamber of the body member for producing a magnified image of the meter, a light for illuminating the meter, and a meter cap opening device for enabling a user to open a cap on the meter to be read.
Inventors: | Pettito, Sr.; John J. (203 Hedge St., Clarksburg, WV 26301) |
Appl. No.: | 699593 |
Filed: | May 14, 1991 |
Current U.S. Class: | 359/440; 359/800; 359/895; 362/109 |
Intern'l Class: | G02B 027/02 |
Field of Search: | 362/109,102,32 359/798,799,800,802,803,894,895,367 |
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